Rommel Halts British Drive Near Caen In Normandy
American armored units breached the German line west of Saint Lo and entered Marigny while fighting on the streets. Other forces captured La Chapelle en Juger as dawn attack supported by artillery and air strikes pushed toward strong German defenses. Russian advances near Warsaw and fresh German reserves marked the broader wartime developments.
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Normandy
St. Lo
Marigny
St. Lo-Periers
U. S
la Chapelle-en-Juger
Artill
Cuff Two Corporals Describe War Zone Life
Cpl. Ned in New Guinea reports improving conditions after clearing sungree for a camp and working on malaria spray and area mapping for sanitary welfare. Cpl. Ben in Ireland enjoys a day of sight seeing with a bicycle rental for a dollar, while Clarence Blosser hunts a suspect after a restaurant dish theft and mocks a “crackpot vandal” with colorful descriptions amid cautious notes of hoax doubt.
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John Wellman
Cpl
Ned
New Guinea
Sungree
Ben
Ireland
Poles in Exile Weigh Moscow Contact Amid Warsaw Crisis
The Polish government in exile considers direct talks with Moscow as Soviet forces close within 50 miles of Warsaw. Premier Stanislaw M. Kolajeczyk may visit London to discuss recognition of the Polish Committee of Liberation and the civil authority set to govern Polish territory west of the Bug River. Russians have captured over 9,000 square miles.
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Warsaw
Siedlce
Moscow
Wisla
Vistula
Pulawy
Berlin
London
Red Army
Stanislaw M.kolajcczyk
Stalin
Parma
Polish Committee of Liberation
Bug River
Poland
Huge Postwar Employment Program Urged For Ohio
Ohio Postwar Program Commission urges more than half a billion dollars to employ residents after hostilities. Key items include a $400 million highway buildout, $30–40 million for recreation and conservation, $20–25 million to curb erosion on Lake Erie, $25 million for six state universities, and new facilities for veterans education and welfare homes. Local construction support requested. state office space expansion of $5–6 million.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Lake Erie
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans
Xenia
Soldiers and Sailors Home
Sandusky
Midland Light and Power sale delay in Canal Winchester
The final disposition of the Midland Light and Power Company holding by Ohio Midland Deal delayed again as the SEC heard Grover Porter request to present further testimony for Jumbus Southern Electric Company. Porter cited a Lancaster meeting where South Central Rural Electric Cooperative, a winning bid, voted to service non-members along with members.
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Philadelphia
Midland Light and Power C Pany
Winchester
South
Dewey Bricker Meet to Map Race Strategy
Gov Thomas E Dewey and Gov John W Bricker the Republican nominees meet in Albany to map campaign strategy. They discuss election issues and plan a governors conference in St Louis with Bricker and his wife arriving in Albany. Dewey and Bricker plan to coordinate on next weeks governors meeting.
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Albany
N. Y
Chicago
St. Louis
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Senate incumbents lag in primaries across states
The veteran South Carolina senator known as Cotton Ed Smith trails in the Democratic primary behind Gov. Olin D. Johnston with Roosevelt backing. In Arkansas, Hattie Caraway, the Senate's lone woman, lags as J. W. Fulbright rises, a Rhodes scholar and former university president. Smith, in the Senate since 1909, nears age 80 and remains a leading advocate for farmers and states rights.
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Congress
Fulbright
Ozark Mountain
Rhodes
House
Smith
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Seek New Probe Head as Truman Steps Out
Washington July 26 Senator Harry S Truman Democratic vice presidential nominee quits the Senate war investigating committee. Chief Counsel Hugh Fulton urges a meeting with Truman August 3 to discuss resignation and war duration policy. Senators Mead and Hatch are floated as likely successors to the chairman.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Senate
Hugh Fulton
Truman
Mead
Hatch
Crewm en Injured as Freight Trains Crash
Newark Ohio July 26 three crewmen were injured yesterday afternoon when two Baltimore and Ohio freight trains collided head on on a main line tying up traffic to Marietta and West Virginia. Those hurt were engineer George Wolford 52 of New Albany minor chest injuries fireman W F Carr 32 of St Louis left leg scalded and brakeman William Trimble 47 of Newark facial and body lacerations.
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Newark
Bzltimore & Ohio
Marietta
West Virs
Engis George Wolford
W. F Carr
St. Louis
William Trimble
Naval strikes hit Palau and Sabang in allied drives
Allied naval task forces struck Palau in the western Pacific and Sabang in the Dutch East Indies, Tokyo said. Palau, a key sea fortress protecting the southern Philippines, lies near Mindanao and Guam. The Sabang raid damaged harbor facilities with two Allied ships sunk, as U S forces push forward in the Marianas with Guam and Tinian within reach.
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Palau
Western Pacific
Sabang
U. S
Tokyo
Sumatra
Guam
Tinian
Marianas
Japan
Philippines
Mindanao
Hollandia
McArthur
New Guinea
Dutch East Indies
Strikers Told to Return to Jobs at Wright Plant
United Auto Workers official announces settlement of a 36 hour dispute at Wright Aeronautical Corp in Cincinnati. About 2,400 to 7,000 players allegedly involved. agreement calls for reinstatement of officers stewards and committee members suspended after the detonation incident. Union numbers claimed at 200, company says up to 30.
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Cincinnati
F. Innis
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Wright Aeronaucal Corp
Innis
Union
Ile
Bomb kills AP photographer during Allied air raid in France
An Associated Press photographer covering the July 26 air bombardment with the American First Army in France was killed when a B-26 Marauder bomb scored a hit near its target. The photographer had just captured images of the aerial barrage fueling the current Allied drive.
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France
Bede
Associated Press
Bhiy
Hitler Dictates All-Out War Regimentation Across Reich
Describing a total mobilization decree extending to occupied territories, the report notes Himmler and Himmler led purge actions targeting anyone shown as even casually sympathetic to rebels. It warns of death for disobedience and suggests tightening control to sustain war momentum.
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Hitler
Reich
Itly
Mree
Reich Marshallg
Stich
Reich and the Occupied Coutries
Himmler
Guam Radio Sends First Message To Pearl Since 1941
The Associated Press reports Guam radio sent a message to Pearl Harbor for the first time since 1941. Col H Nelson of Irene South Dakota relayed Greetings saying nothing heard since 1941. The message followed U S troops reconnoitering the island and naval governor Capt George J McMillin previously dispatching the December 10 information.
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Guam
Pearl
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Pacific
George J. McMillin
Col. H. Nelson
Irene
S. D
Fall Injuries Fatal Child in Columbus Area
Richard Spradling Jr., eight, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Spradling of Briggsdale, died from injuries after a 35 foot fall from a tree while playing paratrooper.
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Columbus, O
Richard Spradling, Jr
Richard Spradling
Briggsdale
Severe Western Ohio Drought Hits Crops Hard
The Weather Bureau reports intensified drought across western Ohio with corn badly damaged as far north as Dayton. Mindling notes eastern Ohio improving while western counties grow harsher. Loss estimates range 20 to 50 percent. Clermont County declares total crop loss. Foliage drops in Cincinnati. pastures damaged statewide. central sweet corn crops fail, some canneries to close. Youngstown relief reported. Akron drought ends. Warren showers.
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Columbus
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Dayton
George W. Mindling
Mindling
Ohio State University Extension Department
Clermont County
Cincinnati
Bureau
Youngstown
Akron
Warren
Rubber Czar Quits as Goal Is Accomplished
Washington July 26 The first war agency head to liquidate his own bureau Rubber Director Bradley Dewey declared the nations new 750 million synthetic rubber industry will survive into peacetime. Dewey announced his resignation and the dissolution of his office on or before September 1 and said the industry is now producing at about 836,000 tons a year, as recommended by the Baruch Committee nearly two years ago.
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Washington
War Agency
Bradley Dewey
Dewey
Baruch Committee
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